Justin Gatlin sixth in the Pre Classic 100 meters in a season-best time

In his first major race since returning from a four-year doping ban, former world record-holder Justin Gatlin was sixth in the men’s 100 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field.

Gatlin ran a season-best 9.97, his first sub-10 in his comeback. The race was won by Steve Mullings of Jamaica, who ran 9.80, fastest time in the world this year, breaking the Pre Classic meet record of 9.88 by Shawn Crawford in 2004.

In the women’s 100 meters, Carmelita Jeter ran the fourth-fastest 100 meters ever, a clocking of 10.70 seconds, fastest time in the world this year, and a Pre Classic and Hayward Field record, eclipsing the previous mark of 10.78, run most recently last year by Veronica Campbell-Brown.